We're off to Hares Gap on Friday night with the plan to do a bit of photography. I've got a rickety old tripod from years ago but it's heavy and not very steady. Does anyone take a tripod into the mountains and if so what sort or do you have any advice.

choke choke, I think he was looking something slightly cheaper here's what I have, to be honest its fiddly to use and occasionally falls apart (great fun in the dark!) but if you persevere with it does the job for only £8

I think Liam's is a bit more in my price range. £120 for a tripod would be ballpark 1/3 of the cost of the camera

When you say "occasionally falls apart", is that in a camera falling to the ground fashion or just trying to get the tripod up in the first place. Though I suppose that's the benefit of Ed's one, unlikely to drop your expensive camera from a height.

I use a Slik Mini II on my backbacking trips. Just 907grams with a decent ballhead.

I wouldn't bother with a pan and tilt head for photography when hiking. Unless you get a very expensive pan and tilt you will be plagued by head droop and wonky horizons. A ballhead is lighter, more stable when locked and quicker to adjust.